Voting by Post
Voting By Post
You are welcome to apply for a postal vote if you are unable to go to your Polling Station on election day.
Complete the Vote by Post Application Form 85.91 KB 
if you wish to apply for a postal vote.
Audio and large print postal vote application forms for blind/partially sighted electors are available from www.aboutmyvote.co.uk 
The deadline for receipt of postal vote applications is 11 working days before the day of an election.
Alternatively you can pick up an application form at any of our Customer Services Offices or use the phone number below to request a form.
How to Vote by Post
If you have applied to vote by post, you will normally receive your postal ballot pack approximately two weeks before the election. When you receive your postal ballot pack:-
- First check that you only open ballot papers addressed to you. It is an offence to use a ballot paper that is not addressed to you.
- You should open it and read the instructions carefully.
- The following documents will be included in the postal vote pack:
- Ballot paper
- Postal Voting Statement - Envelope 'A' is for ballot papers
- Envelope 'B' is for returning of Ballot Paper and Postal Voting Statement
- Elector should then sign the Postal Voting Statement
- Elector then votes on the ballot paper by making a cross (x) in the box at the right of the candidate they want to vote for. They must vote in secret.
- Re-fold the ballot paper and place it into envelope A
- Put envelope A and the completed Postal Voting Statement into the pre-paid return envelope B
- Post the envelope. No stamp is needed. Postage is already paid (within UK).
Do not allow anyone else to open your ballot papers.
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Please note that postal vote packs cannot be accepted at any Council Offices. All postal vote packs must be posted in a Royal Mail post box before last collection (5.30pm) on polling day. You can also return your ballot paper by handing it personally to a Presiding Officer between 7am and 10pm on polling day in a polling station in your constituency only. Janet Callender |
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